Bob Downes Open Music (Progressive Jazz Fusion Rock/Free Jazz {UK})

Robert George Downes

(nascido em 22 de julho de

1937 em Plymouth) é um flautista e

saxofonista de jazz de vanguarda inglês.

Ele é conhecido por seu trabalho com

Mike Westbrook e por liderar a

Open Music Trio desde 1968.

Downes também é compositor,

arranjador e cantor

de rock e blues.

HISTÓRIA

Seu primeiro álbum foi lançado pela Philips Records em 1969. Ele foi eleito o melhor flautista de jazz e formou vários conjuntos. Ele fundou sua própria gravadora, Openinan. Ele tocou com The John Barry Seven, o cantor pop Chris Andrews, Manfred Mann's Earth Band e The Jimmie Nicol Band.

Em 1968, ele formou a Open Music Trio. O trio incluiu no baixo Paul Bridge, Andrew Cleyndert, Jeff Clyne, Barry Guy, Mark Megiddo, Harry Miller, Glen Moore, Barre Phillips e Daryl Runswick.

Downes tocou e gravou com a Rock Workshop de Ray Russell e os cantores Elke Brooks, Alex Harvey e Julie Driscoll. Na década de 1970, ele foi membro da London Jazz Composers Orchestra de Barry Guy. Ele também tocou com a Mike Westbrook Band e a The Keith Tippett Band.

Downes compôs para dança moderna com a The Royal Ballet, o London Contemporary Dance Theatre (com quem compôs e tocou ao vivo entre 1972 e 1982), Ballet Rambert, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Royal Canadian Ballet, Australian Dance Company, Miami World Ballet, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Stuttgart, e Hong Kong Ballet. Ele compôs e se apresentou com o grupo mímico suíço Mummenschanz. Downes se apresentou em festivais de poesia em Amsterdã, Paris e Roma com William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso e Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Depois de se mudar para a Alemanha no final da década de 1970, Downes lançou vários outros registros, dois dos quais estão disponíveis para download aqui no blog. Boas audições!

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Robert George Downes

(born 22 July 1937 in Plymouth)

is an English avant-garde jazz

flautist and saxophonist. He is known

for his work with Mike Westbrook and

for leading the Open Music Trio since

1968. Downes is also a composer,

arranger, and singer

of rock and blues.

STORY

His first album was released by Philips Records in 1969. He was voted best jazz flautist and formed various ensembles. He started his own record label, Openinan. He played with The John Barry Seven, pop singer Chris Andrews, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and The Jimmie Nicol Band.

In 1968 he formed the Open Music Trio. The trio has included at bass Paul Bridge, Andrew Cleyndert, Jeff Clyne, Barry Guy, Mark Megiddo, Harry Miller, Glen Moore, Barre Phillips, and Daryl Runswick.

Downes played and recorded with Ray Russell's Rock Workshop and singers Elke Brooks, Alex Harvey, and Julie Driscoll. In the 1970s he was a member of Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers Orchestra. He also played with the Mike Westbrook Band and The Keith Tippett Band.

Downes composed for modern dance with The Royal Ballet, The London Contemporary Dance Theatre (with whom he composed and played live with between 1972 and 1982), Ballet Rambert, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Royal Canadian Ballet, Australian Dance Company, Miami World Ballet, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Stuttgart, and Hong Kong Ballet. He composed for and performed with the Swiss mime group Mummenschanz. Downes performed at a poetry festivals in Amsterdam, Paris, and Rome with William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

After moving to Germany in the late 1970s, Downes released several further records, two of which are available for download here on the blog. Good auditions!

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ALBUMS

Electric city (1970)

01. No time like the present

02. Keep off the grass

03. Don't let

tomorrow get you down

04. Dawn until dawn

05. Go find time

06. Walking on

07. Crush hour

08. West II

09. In your eyes

10. Piccadilly circles

11. Gonna take a journey

Músicos

Bob Downes - vocais,

sax, flauta, produção

Chris Spedding - guitarras

Herbie Flowers - baixo

Harry Miller - baixo

Alan Rushton - bateria

Clem Cattini - bateria

Kenny Wheeler - trompete

Ian Carr - trompete, flugelhorn

Bud Parks - trompete, flugelhorn

Harold Beckett - trompete, flugelhorn

Mp3 320kbps and full artworks: enjoy!

Flashback (2009)

[recorded in 1971-1973]

01. Brasilian beauty

02. Funky groove (I)

03. Funky groove (II)

04. Wavelength

05. Asian aura

06. Wailing

07. Whorefying

experience

08. Seashore

09. Maya

10. Blues ride

11. Walkin'

runnin' man

12. West eleven

Membros

Bob Downes - saxofones,

flautas, vocais

Barry Guy - baixo

Dennis Smith - bateria

Mp3 320kbps and full artworks: enjoy!

New York suite (2011)

[recorded in 1979]

01. Skywalkers

02. Coke

03. Cuban Chinese

04. Cops

05. Times Square

06. Harlem blues

07. The chase

08. Do not enter

09. 39 Street

10. Now you see it,

now you don't

11. Shucks

12. New York city

Músicos

Bob Downes - flauta contrabaixo,

flauta baixo, flauta alto, flauta de bambu,

sax tenor e alto, vocais

Paul Rutherford - trombone

Brian Gooding - guitarra, sintetizador

Paul Bridge - baixo

Denis Smith - bateria

Mp3 320kbps and full artworks: enjoy!

Link para o download dos 3 albums: enjoy!

Bob Downes Open Music Trio - Walking on - 1970

Bob Downes Open Music - Skywalkers - 1979